ACI-Survivor Program (for start ups and 0-4 employee firms)
A training program offered by the NRV SBDC in partnership with AfCI, LLC

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$65


 

The training can be presented and facilitated live at your company site to your team in the New River Valley/ Southwest Virginia.  Contact the NRV SBDC for additional information. 

 
The NRV SBDC offers No-Cost COUNSELING* and low priced training for entrepreneurs and small businesses.
*These services are funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration and Radford University.

 

WHAT IS IT LIKE TO START A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS?        

           Did you know that starting or growing a business is a lot like training for and running a marathon?

           Consider these facts, derived from reliable sources like Dun and Bradstreet and the Small Business Administration:

     
    Only one in five entrepreneurs will finish the task of successfully starting a new business! That means that 80% drop out and never finish the "business marathon"

    Up to 65% of the entrepreneurs that actually start a new business drop out of the "race" inside of five years; mostly in the first year or two

    Just like a real marathon, only a few businesses become the big winners, especially in their early years
          
    What do most doctors need to diagnose your current health condition? The answer of course is that they need "tests" like X-rays and other diagnostic assessments that reveal your readiness to enter, stay in and win your "business marathon."
     

    ACI-Survivor© is a great program for pre-venture start-up entrepreneurs and very small firms with zero to four employees.

    Here is how easy the ACI-Survivor is to use:

    Read Questions - Examine Tasks to Be Done - Set Dates for Tasks - Input Percent of Task Completion - View Color Coded Dashboard - Finish Customer Readiness Tasks first; then work on Operations Readiness Tasks - then Human Resources and last of all the Leadership Tasks for Strategic, Business & Financial Plans

    The ACI-Survivor© program produces business assessment results that "business doctors" can use to help diagnose your business readiness and organizational health.

    What is your Return on Investment (ROI)?

    If you delay opening the doors of your business until you are "business ready" then your chances of losing your credit rating, assets, investments, and your regular job will be significantly reduced. "What is that worth to you?"

    Below is a screen shot of the ACI-Survivor Business Readiness Dashboard. It is like an x-ray of your overall readiness to start and grow a successful business.  

Screen Shot of ACI-Survivor Dashboard at work. Notice that Step 1 (Product Concept) and Step 2 (Service Concept) have progress indicators (green, yellow, red) that accumulate your business readiness score as you move forward step-by-step. It works like this in all the Survivor Dashboard blocks.

Your small investment of only $65 can give you the training and this great dashboard program to guide your new company toward success.

Our normal ACI-Survivor online training courses are now available every Friday at 3:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.. Soon after you process your credit card using the secure Google Check-out button below you will receive an email from us with the online training link and ACI-Survivor download. Why not buy now?

$65

The training can be presented and facilitated live at your company site to your team in the New River Valley/ Southwest Virginia.  Contact the NRV SBDC for additional information. 
 
The NRV SBDC offers No-Cost COUNSELING* and low priced training for entrepreneurs and small businesses.
*These services are funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration and Radford University
NRV Small Business Development Center  -  RU West Campus  -  Radford, VA. 24142  -  Phone:  540-831-6056  -  David Shanks, Director
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